Enforced disappearances and the onus of accountability
21 July 2025, 02:00 AM
Opinion
Opinion / We need both new wine and a new bottle
11 June 2025, 02:00 AM
Opinion
Can we save our republic?
29 December 2024, 02:00 AM
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The gathering storm
1 December 2024, 02:00 AM
Opinion
We must build a foundation for genuine democracy
17 November 2024, 02:00 AM
Opinion
We must remain alert to conspiracies
3 November 2024, 02:00 AM
Opinion
How has the interim government fared so far?
27 October 2024, 02:00 AM
Opinion
India’s hubris
13 October 2024, 02:00 AM
Opinion
Cleanse then reform
6 October 2024, 02:00 AM
Opinion
Unanswered questions about the Pilkhana massacre
15 September 2024, 01:45 AM
Opinion
Enforced disappearances and the onus of accountability
The issue of enforced disappearances strikes a very painful chord among all but the most cold-hearted among us.
21 July 2025, 02:00 AM
We need both new wine and a new bottle
People don’t want to see politics being hogged by time-tested politicians who have failed people’s expectations time and again.
11 June 2025, 02:00 AM
Can we save our republic?
The only way to preserve our newly acquired freedom is to put power where it belongs—to the people.
29 December 2024, 02:00 AM
The gathering storm
Post-revolution challenges and the new generation’s role in shaping our future
1 December 2024, 02:00 AM
We must build a foundation for genuine democracy
Democracy cannot operate as a simple majority steamroller, as we also saw in the early days of our independence.
17 November 2024, 02:00 AM
We must remain alert to conspiracies
The July-August uprising cannot afford to falter in the face of an entrenched opposition within political parties.
3 November 2024, 02:00 AM
How has the interim government fared so far?
The mutilation done to the nation would require more than run of the mill actions or traditional approach.
27 October 2024, 02:00 AM
India’s hubris
Isn’t it time for India to come to terms with the reality about its neighbours, particularly about its most strategically located neighbour, Bangladesh?
13 October 2024, 02:00 AM
Cleanse then reform
Reform is not only overdue, but it has also become urgent given the rot that has engulfed the security sector, particularly over the last 15 years of misrule.
6 October 2024, 02:00 AM
Unanswered questions about the Pilkhana massacre
Former army chief Moin’s excuse of following the chain of command betrays his puerility at its worst.
15 September 2024, 01:45 AM
Recast our security agenda
The Indian media’s smear campaign began immediately after the hasty departure of Hasina.
8 September 2024, 06:45 AM
Regain the land and regain its soul too
We belonged to the land, but the land was anything but ours.
25 August 2024, 02:00 AM
Don’t let the new dawn be turned false
We must not let our guard down and allow anyone to negate our new dawn.
15 August 2024, 02:00 AM
Who killed democracy in Bangladesh?
The recent by-polls represent the state of democracy in our country fairly accurately.
8 February 2023, 18:00 PM
A ‘tonic’ for our security forces?
It is unfortunate that security agencies have been used in a manner that has generated more fear in people’s mind than confidence and faith in them.
24 January 2023, 02:00 AM
Please spare us your ‘khela’
We do not know what exactly the Awami League general secretary means when he warns the BNP and advises his cadres to gird for khela on December 10.
7 December 2022, 14:00 PM
Next Election: A Replay of Old Politics?
It is apparent, from what has transpired in the last fortnight, that any attempt to exercise political rights, and to seek space, will be curbed by force.
1 September 2022, 14:00 PM
What have we done with our strategic assets?
Strategic assets are those that demand attention from the highest levels of the state.
16 August 2022, 15:00 PM
Democracy means more than the ability to vote
Unfortunately, winning an election has become the synonym for achieving power.
3 August 2022, 14:00 PM
Another ring in the shackle to gag the media
Is not the media already under duress, and its function heavily encumbered by the Digital Security Act (DSA), without needing a new law which is now on the anvil of the Bangladesh Press Council (BPC)?
29 June 2022, 18:00 PM